8 NOVEMBER 1975, page 19

Talking Of Books

Pedantic Whimsy Benny Green A certain ambivalence of attitude towards the New Yorker colours my reaction to Brendan Gill's lavish celebration of all the wonderful, beautiful,......

Bookend

I am beginning to wonder about the literary editor of the Spectator, one Peter Ackroyd. This year he was invited to be a judge for the £5,000 Booker Prize, one of whose purposes......